Author :
Dahl, P. ; Cottingham, J. ; Garber, M. ; Ghosh, A. ; Goodzeit, C. ; Greene, A. ; Herrera, J. ; Kahn, S. ; Kelly, E. ; Morgan, G. ; Prodell, A. ; Sampson, W. ; Schneider, W. ; Shutt, R. ; Thompson, P. ; Wanderer, P. ; Willen, E.
Author_Institution :
Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton, NY, USA
Abstract :
The successful performance of four full-length research and development (R&D) dipole magnets for the proposed Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) is reported. A review is given of the dipole design, and the performance of initial prototypes is recounted. These magnets were built by a cooperative arrangement between Brookhaven National Laboratory and an industrial vendor in West Germany. The magnets reached a quench plateau of approximately 4.5 T with very reasonable ´training´. Quench data are presented along with the results of field-quality measurements. Measured field multipoles are considered to be quite acceptable for this series of R&D magnets.
Keywords :
beam handling techniques; storage rings; superconducting magnets; RHIC; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; dipole design; dipole magnets; field-quality measurements; quenching; research and development; storage rings; superconducting magnets; Costs; Gold; Iron; Laboratories; Research and development; Scattering; Structural beams; Superconducting cables; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets;
